New York Daily News

4 days ago | nydailynews.com | Kristian Winfield

Tyrese Haliburton. Jayson Tatum. Damian Lillard. Injuries to three Eastern Conference cornerstones — each sidelined by the harshest of setbacks: a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered in the playoffs — have reshaped the landscape, removing some of the biggest obstacles between the Knicks and their first NBA Finals appearance in 25 years. Haliburton, the engine behind Indiana’s improbable NBA Finals run, ruptured his Achilles in the first quarter of Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.

6 days ago | nydailynews.com | Kristian Winfield

Obi Toppin is everything the Knicks bet against. Twenty points on 50% shooting. Four-of-seven from deep. Two steals, six rebounds, and a plus-eight in 23 minutes off the bench — in the NBA Finals. The former eighth-overall pick is not just playing on basketball’s biggest stage. He’s excelling — and doing so in the exact role the Knicks never believed he could fill.

6 days ago | nydailynews.com | Jessica Schladebeck

A New Jersey woman has been arrested and charged with brutally and repeatedly stabbing a man outside a Wawa in Egg Harbor, officials announced Friday. Officers with the Berlin Township Police Department responded to parking lot of the Wawa just before 2:45 p.m. Friday, according to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. When they arrived on the scene, tucked in the 400 block of Route 73, they discovered a 35-year-old man suffering from multiple stab wounds, officials said.

6 days ago | nydailynews.com | Peter Sblendorio

It’s been nearly 26 years since a Yankees pitcher threw a no-hitter in the Bronx. Corey Kluber threw one in Texas in 2021, and Domingo German hurled a perfect game in Oakland two years later. But the Yankees’ last no-no in front of their home crowd came on July 18, 1999, when David Cone delivered his perfect game against the Montreal Expos at the old Yankee Stadium. That nearly changed on Saturday afternoon.

6 days ago | nydailynews.com | Peter Sblendorio

Anthony Volpe entered Saturday in an 0-for-24 slide. Following Friday night’s loss, Yankees manager Aaron Boone acknowledged that a day off could benefit the third-year shortstop and said it would “probably” come in Sunday’s series finale against the Baltimore Orioles. Volpe was in the lineup Saturday, batting seventh, to face O’s starter Zach Eflin.